THE BOTANISTS OF PHILADELPHIA. S.~> 



An excellent idea of the appearance of the house in the 

 beginning of this century is to be had from the illustration 

 in Darlington's book, the " Memorials of Bartram and 

 Marshall" (1849). The projecting bay window* toward the 

 south-west was torn down by the present owner, bcrnu.se it 

 had become insecure, and the front of the house was walled 

 up around a window newly constructed to take the place of 

 the wooden observatory, which opened into the room 

 supposed to have been Marshall's study, t 



The present owner is Robert B. Lilley, who purchased 

 the place some thirty odd years ago from the Marshall heirs. 

 Mr. Lilley, although he has allowed the garden to go into 

 decay, has kept the old house in a perfect state of preserva- 

 tion. It abounds in curiously-shaped rooms, queer cup- 

 boards and odd closets. In the kitchen is to be seen the old 

 fire-place, with its swinging crane, before which Marshall 

 used often to sit on Avinter evenings diligently at work, 

 after a hard day's labor on the farm, on his book, Arbustiim 

 Americanum. j Many quaint old pieces of furniture and a 

 very handsome antique grandfather's clock are found in 

 the house. The clock occupies a place built for it by 

 Marshall in a nook in wall in a front room which the 

 botanist occupied as his sleeping apartment. In another 

 room was a quaint old china cupboard, in which were 

 several antique pieces of old-fashioned blue and white 

 Canton chinaware, very rich in coloring. A visit of the 

 writer on May 22, 189(3, confirmed the facts of the above 

 statements written in 1893 and 1894. The garden has been 

 allowed to go to ruin and decay, but the house is still in an 

 excellent state of preservation. 



* This was still in existence in 1884, when R. S. Redfleld took the photograph 

 reproduced for this book. 



t See photograph taken by the author. I Marshall has it, Arbustrum. 



